TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN TEXAS

HOUSTON


HOUSTON/HISTORIC DETAIL

Route History


Houston

Mule Car
1868-1870 - Houston City Railroad
1874-1896 - Houston City Street Railway Co.
1891-1893 - mule cars replaced with electric streetcars

1896-1901 - Houston Electric Street Railway Co.
1901-1946 - Houston Electric Co.
1924 - buses introduced
1940 - streetcars discontinued

1946-1961 - Houston Transit Co.
1961-1966 - Rapid Transit Lines
1966-1974 - Rapid Transit Lines (National City Lines)
1974-1979 - HouTran

CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1979)
Metropolitan Transit Authority

HISTORIC INTERURBAN RAILWAYS
Operated in several directions from Houston

Historic suburban/interurban bus lines operated by several companies (mostly a 1952 sampling)


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